Holder for coffee-bottles and the like.



PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

I J. H. JANSSEN.

HOLDER FOR COFFEE BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH H. JA NSSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOR COFFEE-BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed January 31,1907. Serial No. 355,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. .IANSSEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders forCoffee-Bottles and the Like; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel device in the nature of a holder forholding or supporting a liquid receptacle, such as a coffee can orbottle, in close proximity to a heating device, as a radiating coil, forthe purpose of heating the liquid contents thereof.

The device has been more especially designed for use by workingmen inshops and factories who make it a practice to carry lunch to theirplaces of work, for heating articles of food, and especially coffeecontained in a bottle or can.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich can be made at small cost and which is so constructed that it maybe attached to or suspended from a heating coil or pipe in such positionthat the heat of the pipe is readily conducted to the bottle or cansupported thereby to heat the contents thereof.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a sheet metal blank fromwhich an approved form of my holder is made, showing the same cut andready to fold for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective-view of the holder in itsset-up form and ready for use. Fig. 3 is a side view thereof,illustrating the manner of supporting the same on a steam radiator coil.

The form of device herein shown is adapted to be made from a singlepiece of sheet metal of suitable size, the parts which make up theholder pocket and the attaching or supporting devices being cut from thesheet metal and afterwards bent or folded away from the plane of theblank into proper relation to each other and the blank.

As shown in the drawings, A designates what may be termed the body ofthe device, and B B supporting hooks which are cut from said body andare folded rearwardly and downwardly therefrom and are adapted to behooked over the pipes of a coil radiator or like heating device tosupport the holder in heat .conducting proximity thereto. The holderincludes also a pocket located in front of the body and formed from theparts that are cut from the blank and are folded outwardly therefrom.The body of the holder or that which remains in the original plane ofthe blank conuse by the purchaser.

stitutes the back wall of the pocket which receives the bottle or thelike to be heated. The front wall comprises a vertical member D arrangedat a distance in front and the side walls of the pocket comprise arms Ethat are folded rearwardly from the upper end of the front wall D andare connected with the body A near the sides thereof. The bottom of thepocket comprises a generally horizontal member D that connects the lowerend of the front wall with the body. The said front and bottom walls ofthe body are cut as a single strip from the body, as shown in Fig. 1,and are thereafter folded outwardly from the body to constitute the twowalls of the pocket. The front wall D of the holder is widened at itsupper end to constitute a head D that extends beyond the side margins ofsaid front wall, and the material constituting the arms E is cut fromand folded backwardly from said head. The said arms are fastened to thebody by extending the rear ends thereof through suitably locatedopenings a a. at the sides of the body A and said extended ends areclenched or otherwise suitably fastened to said body. The side arms Ecut from the upper widened end or head of said front wall are each madeof a length somewhat greater than half the length of the head, being forthis purpose severed from each other at their inner ends along a lineextending at least partially longitudinally of the head. Such line ofseverance comprises, in the present instance, two transverse lines ofseverance c 0 extending inwardly from the lines of severance that dividethe arms from said head D' and a longitudinal line of severance 0connecting said transverse lines. In the manner described arms ofappropriate length are cut from the said upper end or head of the frontwall of the pocket. The supporting hooks l? are cut away from the bodyof the blank at a distance laterally outside of the strip constitutingthe front and bottom walls of the holder pocket, thereby leaving thevertical members a a in the plane of the body which constitute theeffective parts of the rear wall of the pocket.

In the practical manufacture and sale of devices of this character, theblanks are merely cut or severed along the proper lines to produce theparts described or desired and remain flat or unfolded until ready forThe device is made of relatively light and readily folded material andmay be set up to constitute the holder by hand and without use of toolsor formers.

It is obvious that the structural details of the device may be variedfrom that shown, while retaining the essence of the invention and thatit may be made from material other than sheet metal. The making of thedevice from sheet metal in the manner herein shown presents practicaladvantages relative to economy in manufacture, the small space requiredfor storage and shipment, and the ease with which the device may be setup for use. It will be observed that the device, being made oi: a singlepiece .of sheet material, contains no soldered or hinged joints whichrequire care in their manufacture and involve expense.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a vertical bodyportion, an upwardly opening pocket supported at the front thereof, saidpocket comprising a front Wall generally parallel with said bodyportion, a bottom walljoining said front wall with the body portion, andarms extending rcarwardly from the upper end of said front wall andconnected with said body, and a supporting hook or arm extendingrearwardly from said body portion.

2. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a sheet metal bodyportion, integral supporting hooks or arms out from said body portionand folded rearwardly and downwardly therefrom, a strip of metal cutfrom the central portion of the body and folded forwardly to constitutethe bottom of the pocket and upwardly to constitute the front wall ofthe pocket, and arms constituting the sides of the pocket which areintegral with the upper end of the front wall and extend rearwal'dlytherefrom and are connected with said body.

3. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a sheet metal body,integral supporting arms bent rearwardly therefrom, a'strip of metal cutfrom the central portion of said body and formed at its end toconstitute a head of greater transverse length than the width of saidstrip, said strip being folded forwardly from the body to constitute thebottom of the pocket and upwardly to constitute the front wall of thepocket, and arms cut from said transverse head and folded rearwardly andconnected with the said body at the sides thereof to constitute thesides of the pocket.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses, this 28th day of January A.D. 1907.

JOSEPH H. .TANSSEN.

Witnesses WILLIAM L. HALL, GEORGE R. WILKINs.

